* This article talks about which hockey teams have the smartest people working behind the scenes to pick players and make good trades. It's like a report card for the grown-ups who run the teams.
* The article mentions the Colorado Avalanche as one of the teams being looked at. It's trying to figure out if their bosses are doing a great job helping the team win.
* It's the first part of a series, so it's just starting to tell us which teams have the best "brains" running their hockey operations.